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Bus Drivers, School vs Crossing Guards and Flaggers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Bus Drivers, School and Crossing Guards and Flaggers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Bus Drivers, School Crossing Guards and Flaggers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$47,040
$37,700
Employment · BLS OEWS
387,920
90,180
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
47th pct
64th pct

At a glance

Dimension Bus Drivers, School Crossing Guards and Flaggers
Median pay $47,040 $37,700
Employment 387,920 90,180
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+0.2%) About average (+3.6%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 61,000 18,000
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 47th pct Moderate · 64th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 33rd pct · 20% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Far Vision, Public Safety and Security, Customer and Personal Service, Near Vision, English Language, Problem Sensitivity, Reaction Time, Depth Perception, Speech Recognition, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Multilimb Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Oral Comprehension, Auditory Attention, Speech Clarity, Law and Government, Speaking, Oral Expression, Information Ordering, Selective Attention, Time Sharing, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Service Orientation, Deductive Reasoning, Judgment and Decision Making.

Specific to Bus Drivers, School

  • Transportation
  • Control Precision
  • Peripheral Vision
  • Spatial Orientation
  • Mechanical
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Response Orientation
  • Rate Control

Specific to Crossing Guards and Flaggers

  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Trunk Strength
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Psychology
  • Written Comprehension
  • Written Expression
  • Category Flexibility
  • Manual Dexterity

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Specific to Bus Drivers, School

Specific to Crossing Guards and Flaggers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Bus Drivers, School or Crossing Guards and Flaggers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Bus Drivers, School vs Crossing Guards and Flaggers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/bus-drivers-school-vs-crossing-guards-and-flaggers

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Bus Drivers, School vs Crossing Guards and Flaggers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/bus-drivers-school-vs-crossing-guards-and-flaggers

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-bus-drivers-school-vs-crossing-guards-and-flaggers,
  title  = {Bus Drivers, School vs Crossing Guards and Flaggers},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/bus-drivers-school-vs-crossing-guards-and-flaggers}
}

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